he evening before Allhallows.

HALLOKIT, _adj._ giddy; harebrained.

HALLOCK, _s._ a thoughtless, giddy girl.

HALS, HAWSE, _s._ the neck.

HALY, _adj._ holy.

HAME, HAIM, _s._ home.

HAMELY, _adj._ familiar; friendly.

HANDSEL, _s._ the first money received for goods; a gift on
the first Monday after New Year's Day.

HANDSEL-MONDAY, _s._ the first Monday of the new year.

HANK, _s._ a coil.

HANTLE, _s._ a considerable number.

_To_ HAP, _v. a._ to cover; to conceal.

HAP-STEP-AN'-LOUP, _v. a._ to hop, step, and leap.

HARIGALDS, _s._ the pluck of an animal.

HARN, _s._ coarse linen cloth made from the tow-hards.

HARNES, _s._ brains.

HASH, _s._ a sloven.

HASSOCK, HASSICK, _s._ a besom; a large round turf used as
a seat. HATE, HAIT, HAID, _s._ a whit; an atom; the
smallest bit of anything. _Fient a haid hae I i' the
house,_ I have not a particle of anything in the house.

HATHER, HEATHER, _s._ heath.

HAUGH, HAWCH, HAUCH, _s._ low-lying flat ground.

_To_ HAUP, _v. n._ to turn to the right, applied to
horses in the yoke. _He will neither haup nor wind,_ he
will neither turn to the right nor left; a stubborn man.

_To_ HAVERS, _v. n._ to talk foolishly.

HAVERS, _s._. foolish, incoherent talk, or idle talk.

HAVERIL, _s._ one who habitually talks idly.

_To_ HAWGH, _v. n._ to force up phlegm; to hawk.

HAWKIT, _adj._ having a white face--applied to cattle.

HAWKEY, _s._ a cow with a white face.

HAWSE, _s._ the throat.

HEARTSOME, _adj._ merry; light-hearted.

HEARTY, _adj._ cheerful; liberal.

HEATHER-BELLS, _s._ heath-bells.

HECH, _s._ an exclamation.

HECK, _s._ a rack for cattle.

_To_ HECKLE, _v. a._ to dress flax; to examine with
severity.

HEGH-HEY, HEIGH-HOW, an interjection expressive of languor or
fatigue.

HEIL, HEYLE, _s._ health; in health.

HEIS, HEESE, _v. a._ to lift up.

HEMPY, _s._ a rogue.

HENDER, _adj._ past; bygone. _Henderend,_ the back
end.

HEREAWAY, _adv._ in this quarter.

HERISON, _s._ a hedgehog.

HERRIE, _v. a._ to rob; to pillage.

HERRIE-WATER, _s._ a net made with meshes of a small size,
such as used by poachers.

HESP, _s._ a clasp; a book.

HET, _adj._ hot.

HETFUL, _adj._ hot; fiery.

HET-PINT, _s._ a hot beverage carried by persons to the
house of their friends early in the morning of New Year's Day,
composed of ale, whisky, and eggs.

HEUCH, HEUGH, _s._ a crag; a rugged steep.

HEUCK-BANE, _s._ the hackle-bone